U.F.Orb

Infobox Album |
Name = U.F.Orb
Type = Album
Artist = The Orb


Released = start date|1992|3
start date|2007|10|1 (15th Anniversary Edition)
Recorded = ?
Genre = Ambient techno Ambient house
Length = 73:55
Label = Big Life
Producer = Orb, Steve Hillage, Youth
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tuarqjkboj6a link]
Last album = "The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld"
(1992)
This album = "U.F.Orb"
(1992)
Next album = "Live 93"
(1993)

U.F.Orb is an ambient house/techno album by The Orb that reached #1 on the UK Album Chart. It featured an edited version of The Orb's single "Blue Room". Noted graphic design group The Designers Republic designed the cover art for the album.

Orb member Kris Weston integrated his technical and creative expertise with Alex Paterson's Eno-influenced ambience on "U.F.Orb", creating "drum and bass rhythms" with "velvet keyboards" and "rippling synth lines".cite book|last=Prendergast |first=Mark |title=The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Moby-The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |year=2003 |id= ISBN 1-58234-323-3 |pages = pp. 407-412] "U.F.Orb" reached #1 on the UK Albums Chart to the shock of critics, who were surprised that fans had embraced what journalists considered to be progressive rock.cite news|work=The Guardian |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |date=1993-04-09 |title=Breakdown] Heavily influenced by The Orb and "U.F.Orb" in particular, many trip-hop groups sprang up emulating The Orb's "chill-out blueprint".cite book|last=Shapiro |first=Peter |title =The Rough Guide to Drum 'n' Bass| authorlink=Peter Shapiro |year=1999 |id=ISBN 1-85828-433-3 |publisher= Rough Guides |pages=pp. 327-329] "U.F.Orb" expresses The Orb's fascination with alien life with its bizarre sound samples and in the album's title itself.cite news|work=Phoenix New Times |date=1997-04-30 |title=Eye of the Orb |last=Holthouse |first=David] The album's single, "Blue Room", is itself a reference to the supposed Blue Room of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which was heavily investigated as a possible UFO evidence holding room.cite news|work=The Times |last=Sandall |first=Robert |date=1992-07-12 |title=Hippie dippie draw]

On start date|2007|10|1, the album was reissued on two CDs as part of Universal Music's "Collector's Series". Although all the tracks are remastered, its release is to coincide with 15th anniversary of the album's release. The second CD includes remixes from the singles released around the period of the original album.

Track listing

Original album

# "O.O.B.E." – 12:51
# "U.F.Orb" – 6:08
# "Blue Room" – 17:34
# "Towers of Dub" – 15:00
# "Close Encounters" – 10:27
# "Majestic" – 11:06
# "Sticky End" – 0:49

"15th Anniversary Edition"

CD: Universal / 5300703 flagicon|UK

Orbit One: U.F. orb
# "O.O.B.E." – 12:51
# "U.F.Orb" – 6:08
# "Blue Room" – 17:34
# "Towers of Dub" – 15:00
# "Close Encounters" – 10:27
# "Majestic" – 11:06
# "Sticky End" – 0:49

Orbit Two: Remixes
# "O.O.B.E." (Andy Hughes Mix) - 11:58
# "Towers Of Dub" (Ambient Mix) - 10:14
# "Blue Room" (Ambient At Mark Angelos Mix) - 8:57
# "Close Encounters" (Ambient Mix 1) - 12:49
# "Majestic" (Mix 1) - 11:52
# "Assassin" (Chocolate Hills Of Bohol Mix) - 14:37

References

External links

*Discogs release|id=13274

succession box
before = "Back to Front" by Lionel Richie
title = UK number one album
years = July 18, 1992 – June 24, 1992
after = "" by Neil Diamond